Anartia jatrophae
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~30%
Anartia jatrophae, the white peacock, is a species of butterfly found in the southeastern United States, Central America, and throughout much of South America. The white peacock's larval hosts are water hyssop (Bacopa monnieri), lemon bacopa (Bacopa caroliniensis), tropical waterhyssop (Bacopa innominata), frogfruit (Phyla nodiflora), lanceleaf frogfruit (Phyla lanceolata), and Carolina wild petunia (Ruellia caroliniana).
The males of the species display a unique territorial behavior, in which they stake out a territory typically 15 meters in diameter that contains larval host plants. They perch in this area and aggressively protect it from other insects and other male white peacocks. Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santa Cruz de la Sierra | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 2 | São Luís | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Salvador | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 4 | Barranquilla | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 5 | Santo Domingo | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | |
| 6 | Goiânia | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Valencia | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 8 | João Pessoa | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Havana | 🇨🇺 Cuba | |
| 10 | Recife | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a White Peacock sighting in Big Bend National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 221st most-seen of the 329 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August and September
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a White Peacock in Big Bend National Park on a given day, against under 5% in November to July, the lowest months. Those are among Big Bend National Park's wettest months, with about 50 mm of rain a month against 10 mm in April.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most White Peacock sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
52nd of 52
Of the 52 parks where we can rate White Peacock sightings, Big Bend National Park ranks 52nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Los Haitises National Park (Dominican Republic, about 50%), Big Cypress National Preserve (United States, about 40%) and Everglades National Park (United States, about 40%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Nymphalidae
The closest relatives of the White Peacock that you can see in Big Bend National Park (family Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies) are Empress Leilia (about 40%), Queen (about 30%) and Limenitis bredowii (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the White Peacock is recorded against all the insects logged in Big Bend National Park (7 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
